Hobson’s Farm is an agri-tainment entrepreneurship aimed at creating family fall traditions. Simply put, Hobson's Farm has a party in the corn every fall that keeps visitors returning year after year! The seasonal melding of…

Turkey Run State Park
Turkey Run State Park has miles of bridle trails, so you can enjoy guided horseback rides. Inquire at the saddle barn. (Sorry, you can't bring your own horse.)
While you're at the saddle barn, also ask about hayrides.
The…

Built: 1861
Builder: Joseph J. Daniels contracted by William D. Daniels
Creek: Sugar Creek
Location: Located 2 1/2 miles northwest of Annapolis, near Bridge, and in the forgotten town of Rockport. Also on "Blue Route"
Reference…

Juliet V. Strauss was born in 1863 in Rockville, Indiana, in a rural agricultural area of the state. Her parents were William and Susan (King) Humphreys, both new to the region and there to make new lives as pioneer farmers. She grew up and married…

Built: 1899, moved 1981
Builder: Joseph A. Britton, moved & rebuilt by Elmer Buchta
Creek: Leatherwood Creek, moved to Williams Creek
Location: Located 4 miles northwest of Rockville, 2 1/2 miles southwest of Bloomingdale. Moved to Billie…

The Lusk Home and Mill Site was the first European-American development in present Turkey Run State Park, Indiana’s second oldest state park.
Vermonter Salmon Lusk was awarded this land for serving in the Battle of Tippecanoe under…

The Mansfield Roller Mill or Mansfield Mill was a (gristmill) that was built in 1820 by James Kelsey and Francis Dickson and has always run on water power from Big Raccoon Creek. The original mill was a 30-foot (9.1 m) by 30-foot (9.1 m) log…

Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (October 19, 1876 – February 14, 1948), nicknamed "Three Finger" or "Miner", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher at the turn of the 20th century. Due to a farm-machinery accident in…

Look for locally made hand-crafted, pottery, jewelry, clothing, and needlework - hand-crafted furniture in primitive, country, and shabby chic styles - antiques and collectibles from in and around Parke County - vintage cookbooks from the private…

33 Miles: You will see Rockville Lake, Family Farms, Amish Country, Marshall Arch, Narrows Bridge, and the Billie Creek Bridge
Depart Tourist Information Center by turning RIGHT onto HIGH ST.
At stop sign turn RIGHT onto ERIE ST. and cross…

Cost: $79,000.00
Constructed: 1879 - 1882
"Original plans (for the courthouse) called for 'red pressed brick with white limestone trim.' Before the foundation was finished, the contractor agreed to substitute stone for the red brick at no…

The 9-hole "Parke County" course at the Parke County Golf Course facility in Rockville, Indiana features 3,073 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 35 . The course rating is 69.5 and it has a slope rating of 111. Designed…

The Parke County Historical Society was organized on May 12, 1894. It was chartered by the state of Indiana in July 1917. The purpose of the Parke County Historical Society is to preserve the history of Parke County, Indiana. Today the Parke…